Born: Au­gust 11, 1799, New York City.

Died: De­cem­ber 31, 1876, Brooklyn, New York.

Waterbury grad­u­at­ed from Yale Coll­ege in 1822. He was for some time pas­tor of a Con­gre­ga­tion­al church in Hud­son, New York, then of the Bow­doin Street Con­gre­ga­tion­al church in Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts. His works in­clude:

• Advice to a Young Christ­ian
• The Officer on Duty

Sources

Hymns

1. I Have Fought the Good Fight
2. Infinite Love, What Precious Stores
3. My Jesus, Thou Hast Taught
4. Met, O God, to Ask Thy Presence
5. O Fly, Mourning Sinner, Saith Jesus to Me
6. See Sodom Wrapt in Fire
7. Sinner, Is Thy Heart at Rest?
8. Sol­diers of the Cross, Arise!
9. When, O My Savior, Shall This Heart?